Analysis of I Was Just a Pawn
No Coat of Arms, no Knightly charms
No Bishop's robe to don...
I do not ride a sturdy steed
I am just a pawn.
Kings will toast, and warlords boast
Of victories; 'til dawn
While I lay in a trench, of human stench...
I am just a pawn.
Called to guard the castle walls,
My wife and children dead
I shiver in the predawn chill
Blanketed in dread...
And listen to the revelry,
Inside the castle walls
Saving my last ounce of energy,
For when the warlord calls.
I do not fear the battle...
Nor fear the blood-streaked dawn.
I do not fear a soldier's death.
I am just a pawn.
I watch the towers crumble,
From my trench beyond the gate...
A kingdom built by greed and wealth
Fortified with hate.
And in the end, no crown or throne...
No dragon banners to wave..
The mighty and the lowly pawn,
Now share a common grave.
Dusty fables from the past
Will speak of kingdoms gone...
And how Nobles and Knaves, share common graves....
When I was just a pawn.
Scheme | xxxA xaxA bcxc dbdb eaxA efxf xgag xaxa |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (88%) |
Metre | 11111101 110111 11110101 11101 111011 110011 1110011101 11101 1110101 110101 11000011 10001 01010100 010101 101111100 11011 1111010 110111 11110101 11101 1101010 1110101 01011101 1011 00011111 1101011 01000101 110101 1010101 111101 0110011101 111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 954 |
Words | 209 |
Sentences | 18 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 89 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
About this poem
When we die; it doesn't really matter if you had wealth and power, or not. Death is the equalizer, and we all await a common grave.
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Written on November 05, 2022
Submitted by lovingempath on November 06, 2022
Modified on April 19, 2023
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